U.S. Army Company F, 306th Infantry, 77th Division.
Purple Heart awarded for shrapnel wound in leg at Argonne , France 1918
basic training at Camp Upton (Long Island)
Name:
KAROA
Type:
Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched:
03/12/1914
Completed:
03/1915
Builder:
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard:
Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number:
946
Dimensions:
7009grt, 3607nrt, 425.0 x 55.6 x 31.4ft
Engines:
2 x T3cyl (25.5, 43 & 73 x 48ins), 1410nhp
Engines by:
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion:
2 x Screws, 15.5knots
Construction:
Steel
Reg Number:
137791
History:
03/1915
British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow
05/1950
Broken up
Comments:
Accommodation for 44 x 1st Class, 64 x 2nd Class & 1471 x others
03/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a troop transport
1919: Returned to owners
09/1940: Requisitioned as a Personnel & Military Store ship
03/1944: Converted into a hospital ship
10/1946: Returned to owners
03/05/1950: Delivered to Bombay for breaking up by Steel Corp of Bombay
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Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 July 2011
306th REGIMENT
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 306th Infantry and assigned to the 77th Division
Organized 26 August 1917 at Camp Upton, New York
Demobilized 9 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 306th Infantry and assigned to the 77th Division (later redesignated as the 77th Infantry Division)
Organized in August 1921 with Headquarters at New York, New York
Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 15 March 1946 in Japan
Activated 17 December 1946 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at New York, New York
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized 1 May 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 77th Infantry Division
Reorganized 26 March 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 77th Infantry Division
1st and 2d Battalions inactivated 30 December 1965 and relieved from assignment to the 77th Infantry Division
306th Infantry withdrawn 17 October 1999 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, redesignated as the 306th Regiment, and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 87th Division (Training Support); 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions concurrently allotted to the Regular Army
(1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions relieved 15 December 2007 from assignment to the 87th Division [Training Support])
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
Oise-Aisne
Meuse-Argonne
Champagne 1918
Lorraine 1918
World War II
Western Pacific
Leyte (with arrowhead)
Ryukyus (with arrowhead)
DECORATIONS
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
1st Battalion additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IE SHIMA
3d Battalion additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered OKINAWA
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
Source:
http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/regt/0306rgt.htm